NATIONAL NEWS - Alison Botha has returned to the rehabilitation facility after a setback and a second stint in hospital in middle November. According to her attorney, Tania Koen, she is showing some progress and can even move around a little with the help of a walking ring.
Botha had an aneurysm on 25 September and has since 29 October been recovering in the rehabilitation centre.
"Although the left side of her body is still a problem, she is able to take small steps while holding onto a bar and with her therapist's assistance, an exercise that forms part of her rehabilitation programme," said Koen.
In the meantime, News24 has reported that new Correctional Services Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald has stated that he would want to intervene in the parole of Botha's attackers, Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger, who in 1997 had viciously raped and assaulted her, and had left her for dead on the crime scene in Gqeberha. They were released on parole last year after serving the minimum period of their life sentences.
Koen told George Herald that her legal team had to bring a court application to obtain the convicts' profiles and documentation pertaining to their parole. Once they had obtained these, they were able to file an application for review to Groenewald. The minister of Correctional Services is the only authority that may approve or reject parole for a prisoner with a life sentence.
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